REGION: Easter Bunny needs help

The military family support group is seeking donations of Easter
baskets and all the goodies that go inside, including the fake
grass, candy and toys for children of local troops.

Jae Marciano, Operation Homefront's San Diego chapter president,
said the group has requests for 850 Easter baskets this year.

Anyone who would like to donate to the effort can drop off
supplies or ready-made baskets at any Saturn car dealership in San
Diego by Monday, March 30.

Another option is sending in a $15 donation.

Operation Homefront provided emergency funding, food and
clothing and other items to more than 5,000 families in the San
Diego region last year. The group does not use any funds for that
aid program for "morale events," such as its Easter baskets,
Marciano said.

Easter baskets will be delivered to military families on April 4
and 5 at March Air Reserve Base in Southwest Riverside County, the
Saturn dealership on Vista Way in Oceanside, the Murphy Canyon
Community Center in Tierrasanta, Seal Beach and Los Angeles.